Kindle

By Meredith Melnick

It used to be that to access Amazon's 800,000+ Kindle library, you needed a Kindle. But the free Kindle app let's you buy and read any ebook available on Amazon, including a wealth of free classic titles such as Dracula, Treasure Island, and Gulliver's Travels. With many of the same features, like varying text sizes, word look-ups and free sample chapters, who needs an extra piece of hardware?